Overview
- Argentina’s meteorological service keeps widespread alerts in effect, with orange warnings for severe storms across parts of Santa Fe, Córdoba, Entre Ríos, Santiago del Estero and northern Buenos Aires that could bring 70–100 mm of rain, hail and gusts over 100 km/h.
- After a day of widespread downpours under a yellow alert, the AMBA is under an orange alert in the early hours of Saturday, with the SMN projecting strong storms overnight and gradual improvement later Saturday into a mostly dry Sunday.
- Provincial agencies flag high winds and local zonda events in Cuyo, with Defensa Civil in Mendoza warning of southerly winds of 40–50 km/h and gusts up to 70 km/h and the SMN noting zonda risk in eastern San Juan.
- The SMN urges people in orange-alert areas to stay indoors, avoid corded phones and flooded streets, cut electricity if water enters homes and keep an emergency kit ready.
- Parallel official forecasts note light, increasing rain chances in parts of Galicia and strong gusts above 65 km/h with sharp day–night temperature contrasts in Sonora tied to a trough and a passing front.